Silver for Canada at the FIVB World Tour Cincinnati Open

Silver lining for Binstock and Schachter on FIVB World Tour

Canada’s Josh Binstock and Sam Schachter (both of Richmond Hill, Ont.) bring home their first podium result of the year – a silver from the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Cincinnati Open.

Gustavo Carvalhaes and Saymon Barbosa of Brazil got the better of the Canadians in the final on Saturday night 2-0 (22-20, 21-8), but otherwise Binstock and Schachter had an impressive tournament.

“We’re definitely upset about losing in the finals, as we didn’t play with the same rhythm and aggression we had all tournament, however, we are very happy with our overall performance,” said Binstock. “We have been playing consistently well over the last few tournaments. This had a ‘home’ tournament feel to it, in the sense that it was the closest world tour event to Canada and our parents/families drove down to watch us play, so it was extra special to do well here.”

In their only previous meeting, Binstock and Schachter defeated Guto and Saymon last summer at the FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam.

Earlier on Saturday, Binstock and Schachter had to knock out fellow Canadians Grant O’Gorman (Scarborough, ON) and Sam Pedlow (Barrie, ON) in the play-offs, which they did in a three-set battle, and then Binstock and Schachter took down the American pair of Lucena/Dalhausser in the semi-finals.

Next week, the FIVB World Tour returns to Russia for the FIVB Moscow Grand Slam (May 24-29). The final Olympic qualifying event on the FIVB World Tour will be the FIVB Hamburg Major Series in Germany (June 7-12).

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